Spinach Chickpea Salad – a bowl of deliciousness! Protein, veggies, fruit, seeds, and nuts = flavor that will make you say goodbye to your normal boring salad. I have made this salad at least 20 times in the past couple months. Coming from a girl who didn’t like salads until a few years ago, that’s …
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How to substitute fresh spinach for frozen spinach! Or, a simple way to saute spinach for an easy side dish. Several recipes I’ve attempted lately have called for frozen spinach. I love spinach, but I have some trouble getting flavorful dishes when I use the frozen spinach. For example, I’m going to blame frozen spinach for the …
Cauliflower pizza crust – for those days when you really want pizza but not all the carbs, or need a gluten free alternative. Okay, I did it. I jumped on the bandwagon. That pizza picture? That pizza crust is made out of cauliflower. Say what? You’re probably in one of three categories: 1) You tried …
How to cut and cook a spaghetti squash in multiple ways – and a trick to get longer strands that might actually resemble spaghetti! I’ve tested multiple ways to cut and cook a spaghetti squash and today I’m sharing all the secrets. Usually I prefer to buy squash like butternut pre-cut when possible, but spaghetti squash is …
Sugared cranberries. Great for decorating desserts or a sweet snack!
Homemade apple cider make in a crock pot, perfect to drink on a cold winter day. Can customize to your tastes, and is a great homemade treat for everyone! What is the perfect way to stay warm when it’s cold outside? Drink something hot! Usually on an extra chilly day I’d opt for hot chocolate …
Peppermint eggnog hot chocolate using homemade (cooked) eggnog. It’s the perfect holiday drink! I originally made this recipe because of a (now defunct) event called Foodie Extravaganza. One ingredient was picked each month, and all participating bloggers would make a recipe around that ingredient. The first time I heard about it, the ingredient was peanut …
Make your own COOKED eggnog! Enjoy your eggnog without worrying about uncooked eggs! SO I have this thing about eggnog. The thing is, I don’t really like it. Great way to start a post about eggnog, right? I have friends that will drink it by the gallon, but the thought of drinking a raw egg mixture …
Butternut squash apple soup. Delicious autumn flavors blended together make this vegan soup a crowd-pleasing appetizer. Like many things, I used to think I didn’t like soup. I’m not sure exactly how I could declare that for such a broad category, but it was mostly because it wasn’t “filling enough” (i.e. I felt deprived of …
Homemade marinara sauce. So easy, delicious and customizable with different herbs! Contrary to what I made it sound like before, my grandma does send me recipes! Lots of good ones and not enough time to make ’em all. I simply had to make this one she sent me for marinara sauce. If I’m remembering the story …
Simple roasted butternut squash, delicious on its own or with other veggies. Can’t get much easier than this, especially if you get the squash pre-cut! I’ve been eating a lot of squash around here lately. Butternut squash, spaghetti squash, eggplant and obviously pumpkin. I thought I was doing pretty good with eating my veggies, but I …
Apple cookies are a fun way to get your apple a day! Load up slices of apple with your favorite toppings for a sweet, satisfying, guilt-free snack! Continuing on with my easy apple snacks (can you tell I bought a lot of apples??), we’re here to talk about apple cookies. I saw the idea on the blog …
Caramel apple slices – making a caramel apple a little bit easier to eat! And eat and eat. I’m a day late and a dollar short. (Anyone know where that saying is from?!) At least I’m a day late for celebrating Caramel Apple Day, which this blog claims was October 21 (i.e. yesterday). Apparently it’s not …
Spicy and sweet and weirdly addicting – I call them apple matchsticks! Welcome to the second installment for my week of simple apple recipes! I call these apple matchsticks. These sort of happened by accident. Originally these were going to be matchstick fries. So even though these aren’t matchstick fries, I feel like matchsticks is still an …
Cinnamon apple chips. No added sugar, no dehydrator required! Vegan, gluten-free, and healthy snack any time. We are going to play a little game. I have several quick and easy apple recipes that I am going to share with you this week. October IS National Apple Month, after all. (Side note: do you go apple …
Are you brave enough to try chickpea cookie dough? This is a no-bake, vegan recipe meant to be a healthy alternative for those cookie dough cravings. Chickpea cookie dough. Yes, I said chickpea. Wait, hear me out. I could have tried to trick you the way I was tricked and call it “Healthy Protein Cookie …
Almond joy energy bites – perfect bite sized healthy snacks to beat that chocolate craving! Vegan & gluten-free sweet treats ready in less than 10 minutes.
Vegan and gluten free wrap made with collard greens, veggies and sunflower hummus. This sunflower wrap is full of healthy flavors! You might be thinking, what is a sunflower wrap? Well, I *think* I just made that up. “Collard greens wrap” just didn’t have the same ring to it. Since this was inspired by the vegan …
Curry sunflower hummus – Change out your normal chickpea hummus and make it out of sunflower seeds instead! Curry and cayenne spices give it an extra kick of flavor. I stopped by a vegan restaurant earlier this summer and had a meal that included a curry sunflower hummus. Up until that moment, I didn’t even realize people …
Spicy summer grits – creamy grits with jalapeno and fresh corn. This is a hit with people who don’t even normally love grits! Perhaps it’s a bit presumptuous for me to say this dish will change how you feel about grits – maybe you already love grits? I, for one, was not a fan until …